GRE Word List
JUXTAPOSE
to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect)
The meaning of the word juxtapose is to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unassailable | not assailable : not liable to doubt, attack, or question |
| arduous | hard to accomplish or achieve : difficult |
| virtue | conformity to a standard of right : morality |
| responsiveness | giving response : constituting a response : answering |
| awful | extremely disagreeable or objectionable |
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| pandemic | occurring over a wide geographic area (such as multiple countries or continents) and typically affecting a significant proportion of the population |
| bouillon | a clear seasoned soup made usually from lean beef |
| tiller | one that tills : cultivator |
| detraction | a lessening of reputation or esteem especially by envious, malicious, or petty criticism : belittling |